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New Hoshin Engi Anime Reveals 11 Character Designs
posted on by Jennifer Sherman
The staff of the new television anime adaptation of Ryū Fujisaki's Hoshin Engi manga revealed 11 character designs on Monday.
Kenshō Ono as Taikōbō
So Dakki
Shinkōhyō
Yūichi Nakamura as Yōzen
KENN as Kō Tenka
Tomoaki Maeno as Bunchūō
Shū Būō
Makoto Furukawa as Nataku
Fugen Shinjin
Takahiro Sakurai as Sūpūshan
Otenkun
All the voice actors are different from the previous anime series.
The anime will premiere in January 2018.
Fujisaki's 23-volume manga originally ran in Weekly Shonen Jump from 1996-2000. The manga is roughly based on the ancient Chinese novel Fengshen Yanyi. The fantasy manga and the first anime adaptation takes place thousands of years ago. An evil sorceress has bewitched the emperor of a powerful dynasty and he has become a mindless puppet. The country is in shambles and evil spirits lurk everywhere. The Confederation of the Immortal Masters plan a bold mission: they send a young master wizard to hunt down the villains and evil warlocks in the devastated lands.
Viz Media released the original manga in English between 2007-2011.
The manga inspired a 26-episode television anime series in 1999. ADV Films released the anime on DVD in 2001-2004 under the title Soul Hunter. Discotek Media later released the anime under the same name on DVD in June 2016.
Source: Comic Natalie
